WINNING just about every individual award she could for her club and state, intercept defender Evie Cowcher has quite the CV coming into her top-age season. She is the back-to-back Under 18s MVP as well as WAFLW Rising Star during her debut season, having consistently been one of Peel Thunder’s best players, week-in, week-out.

EVIE COWCHER PROFILE

DOB: 03/08/2007
Height: 173cm
Position: Tall Defender
Club: Peel Thunder

West Australian Female Talent Manager Trent Cooper says:

“Evie’s going along really well. She’s really dedicated to improving which when you’ve been WA’s MVP two years in a row, some players might take the foot off, but she’s really dedicated to improving. She’s working on her contest work and her endurance as well which is really coming along well so I’m sure she’ll have another great year.”

SUMMARY

Cowcher is one of the safest selections out of Western Australia’s full talent pool, having already acclimatised to senior level the past two seasons. She is strong overhead and reads the play better than just about anyone with the way she drops into the defensive hole and then clears the ball from danger. The key defender provides some great offensive run from the back half which underpins her game.

Over the last 12 months, Cowcher has ventured into the middle as well, though her most dominant position is at half-back where she can pick off high balls then transition the play quickly. She has been working hard on building her tank to be a more fluent midfield option, but her third-tall work where she can peel off her opponent and clunk a grab is what sets her apart from other defenders.

Cowcher has already played 25 games of WAFL Women’s football, having dominated through the Rogers Cup then stood up for the Thunder senior side, averaging 20 touches and six marks straight out of the gate in her first season to win the Rising Star award. She then went on to average 21.5 disposals and 5.2 marks last season as a bottom-ager, having spent a little more time on the inside which was noted by her rise in production but lower marks.

For Western Australia, Cowcher has not missed a game, averaging 17 disposals and more than four marks across both carnivals the past two seasons, earning MVPs for her state and All-Australian honours. Few come into their top-age campaign with a CV as stacked as Cowcher’s and she will no doubt will continue to develop throughout the 2025 season.